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8. Rosa sect. Microphyllae  Crépin, J. Hort. Soc. London.  11: 227.  1889.  
小叶组 xiao ye zu 
 
 
 
 
 
Shrubs diffuse, with paired prickles below leaves. Leaflets 5–9; stipules adnate to petiole, narrow, with subulate auricles. Flowers 1 or 2 or in compound corymbs, with small deciduous bracts, or bracts absent. Hypanthium cupular, densely prickly. Sepals persistent, erect, pinnately lobed or entire. Carpels on projected torus at base of hypanthium; styles free, not exserted. 
Three species: E Asia; three species (two endemic) in China. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        
                          
                        
                          
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